Machine Learning Improves Lightning Prediction, Leading to Insight on a Key Wildfire Spark December 29, 2021 Lightning’s destructive potential was showcased in 2020 when it sparked the massive California Lightning Complex fires, but it remains hard...
Massachusetts Care Facility Employers Fail to Comply With OSHA Subpoena December 29, 2021 An October 21, 2021, decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered UHS of Fuller Inc....
Choice Financial Group Acquires New Hampshire’s Bernier Insurance Agency December 29, 2021 Choice Financial Group announced acquired New Hampshire-based Bernier Insurance Agency, adding a presence in New England. Based in Rochester, New...
SiriusPoint Invests in Canadian Digital Life Insurer PolicyMe December 29, 2021 SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has announced a strategic investment in PolicyMe Corp., a digital life...
Officials Say Backhoe Driver Damaged New Jersey Homes, Vehicles, Was Shot December 29, 2021 The state attorney general’s office is investigating the shooting death of a man authorities say was driving a backhoe when...
Global COVID-19 Cases at Record High, as Omicron Variant Races Out of Control December 29, 2021 By Renju Jose and Crispian Balmer SYDNEY/ROME – Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as...
Apple Puts India iPhone Supplier, Foxconn, on Probation for Labor Violations December 29, 2021 By Debby Wu and Ganesh Nagarajan Apple Inc. put Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed...
Firms Want U.S. to Support EU Proposals to Rein In Big Tech Platforms December 29, 2021 By Diane Bartz Critics of tech giants like Alphabet’s Google pressed Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for a January meeting after she expressed concern...
Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Faces Big Hurdles Amid Ukraine Tensions December 29, 2021 By David McHugh and Vladimir Isachenkov FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The pipeline is built and being filled with natural gas. But Russia’s Nord Stream 2 faces...
Pro Athletes Like the ‘Greek Freak’ Are Going After Trademark Violators December 29, 2021 By Chris Dolmetsch and Christopher Yasiejko Giannis Antetokounmpo has the trappings that befit a basketball superstar. The “Greek Freak” is 6-foot-11 with legs so long, as...